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Known for these resultsRole13%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 13% of these rows — the rest have no title at all, mostly 2019–2023. Those rows stay in the result and are counted as Unknown, never as No.Bio63%Bio coverage: 63% of these founders have a bio on their YC profile. Every bio-derived facet (ex-company, school, credentials, discipline) is Unknown for the rest.Ex-company13%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 13% of these rows have at least one match.School25%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 25% of these rows have at least one match.
- Brendan SuhFounder · TandemS24B2B · San Francisco
- Rafi SandsFounder/CEO · TandemS24B2B · San Francisco
- Akash Kashyap@akashkashyap_Founder · DialtoneS23B2B · San Francisco
- Christophe BarreFounder · OneKeyS20Fintech · Paris
- Bernat Fortet UnanueFounder · TandemS19B2B · San Francisco
- Rajiv Ayyangar@rajivayyangarFounder · TandemS19B2B · San Francisco
- Tim SuFounder · TandemS19B2B · San Francisco
- Celina TenevFounder · Call9S15Healthcare · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Brendan SuhTandemFounderSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States22—Rafi SandsTandemFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States22—Akash KashyapDialtoneFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/akashkashyap_Christophe BarreOneKeyFounderSummer 2020FintechParis, France3—Bernat Fortet UnanueTandemFounderSummer 2019B2BSan Francisco, United States10—Rajiv AyyangarTandemFounderSummer 2019B2BSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/rajivayyangarTim SuTandemFounderSummer 2019B2BSan Francisco, United States10—Celina TenevCall9FounderSummer 2015HealthcareNew York, United States51—
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Rafi Sands
Founder/CEO·Tandem
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size22
BatchSummer 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-Founder & CEO of Tandem. 20-time marathon runner, (former!) Guinness World Record Holder, Oaklandian. Spent two years at Stanford researching the future of the office market after COVID under Professor Nick Bloom. Blog at rafisands.substack.com
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Tandem
AI-native office leasing broker
Co-foundersBrendan Suh
